Sr. Solutions Services Executive - Global Accounts

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As the Global Accounts Sr. Solutions and Services Executive, you will play a pivotal role in nurturing and managing the SSG relationship with customers throughout the entire deal lifecycle. Your responsibilities include orchestrating deals aligned with customer needs and leveraging the best of our Solutions and Services offerings. In addition to driving growth discussions, both in terms of landing and expanding, you will also be initiating the first technical conversations. Understanding client needs and connecting them with our specialists for complex deals will be crucial to our ongoing success.

Key Responsibilities

Sales Expertise:

• Collaborate across multiple organizations, including but not limited to sales, finance, service delivery, customers, and business partners, leading all aspects of the services sales cycle.
• Define a framework to manage long-term strategy and forecasting, effectively and consistently using Microsoft Dynamics and other reporting tools to track key sales metrics and meet those metrics consistently.
• Develop, implement, and execute an effective sales strategy to achieve sales goals.
  
  

Account Engagement

• Work within a dedicated territory/segment, collaborating with the Client Manager who leads the account, and if applicable, the Service and Solution Domain Specialist (SSDS).
• Collaborate with the Client Manager to develop, implement, and execute effective account plans and customer engagement strategies to achieve sales goals.
• Cultivate C-level relationships and serve as a trusted consultant to customers.
  
  

Portfolio Acumen

• Demonstrate a deep understanding of the end-to-end strategic portfolio, for example, DWS.
• Ability to comprehend customers' business and IT challenges and position the appropriate Lenovo solutions.
• Discuss complex solutions, software, Device as a Service (DaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS degree or equivalent professional work experience.
• 12+ years of successful enterprise (data center and end-user) technology and services sales experience.
• Experience selling DWS and DaaS service offerings.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience selling technology managed IT services contracts such as DWS, Cloud or Hybrid Cloud Services and/or Sustainability Services.
• Experience growing maintenance or renewal contracts.
• Adopt a consultative selling approach.
• Proven ability to develop strategies to penetrate and sell to large and global companies.
  
  

The base salary range budgeted for this position in CA, CO, Jersey City - NJ, NV, Ithaca - NY, NYC, WA, is $160 - $190k. Individuals may also be considered for bonus and/or commission. Lenovo’s various benefits can be found here: https://www.lenovobenefits.com/enrolling-in-benefits/why-join-lenovo/

In compliance with Colorado's EPEWA, the expected Application Deadline for this position is 7/31/24. This applies to internal and external candidates.

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